Preserving and storing building.



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PRESERVING AND STURING'BUILDING.

(Application filed May 16, 1902.)

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No. 706,125. Patented.Aug. 5, i902,

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(Application filed May 16, 1902.)

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JOHN MARION STUKES, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.;

PRESERVING AND STORING BUILDING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,125-, dated August 5, 190.2. Application filed May 16, 1902. Serial No. 107,586. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JoHNlWIARIoN SrUKEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county ofVBex-ar and State of Texas, have invented certain new 'and useful Improvements in Preserving and Storing Buildings; and I do hereby'declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specication, and to tb e letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has relation to that class of refrigerator-buildings or preserving and storing houses in which suitable ventilation is provided and the air purified previous' to its coming in contact with the perishablearticles. y

The invention consists in a preserving and storing building constructed substantiallyas shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a longitudinal section of a preserving and storing building constructed in accord ance with my invention;

Fig. 2, an end sectional view thereof; Fig. 3,-

aperspective view,on an Venlarged scale,of the tray for supportingthe vegetables or fruit; Fig. 4, a similar view ofthe egg-tray.

In the accompanying-drawings, A represents the usual double Walls of the building, filled in with suitable non-conducting material, as indicated at a, and B is the roof, pro

vided with the ventilator b, through which the air escapes. l

This building may and dimensions and of any desirable shape or form, as found best adapted to the purpose, and is provided with suitable inlets c for the air to pass into the building, and, if desired, ice may be used, over which the air passes previous toits coming in contact with the perishable'articles stored in'thebuilding. The air-inlets c are atthe bottom of the building, so as to take the air nearest the ground, and are provided and covered with wire-gauze of suitable ineness to exclude the dirt and dust. The floor or ground upon which the building stands is covered and supplied with a suitable quantity of lime, as indicated at d, so that when the air passes over it the air will bebe of any suitable size come disinfected and the fungi in the air de-u stroyed by theilime. n

Above the iioor of the building a suitable distance are two shelves C, extending the entire lengthof the building, and upon these shelves is placed a suitable quantity of charcoal, as indicated at c. These shelves do not meet; but a space f is left between them for the upward passage'of the incoming air, as indicated by the arrows, the air passing in its course over the charcoal, which will destroy the fetid gases andrender the air pure, as charcoal absorbs the decomposing ingredients in the oxygen of the air previous to its coming in contact with the perishable articles stored in the building. After the air passes over and comes in contact with the charcoal it passes up through suitable grates D and in its course comes in contact with the perishable articles upon the removable trays E, directly above and over the grates. These grates maybe of any suitable construction so long as provision is made for the free passage of air through them, and between these grates and on line therewith is a driveway F, said grates and driveway extending horizontally the entire length; of the building.

The air in the building is further purified by coming in contact with bisuliid of carbon to destroy any remaining germs that may have been in the air. This bisulfid of carbon is contained in suitable vessels or receptacles G, `placed in various parts of the building where the air will come in contact therewith and the same allowed to evaporate.

A second series of removable trays H are provided, which are located on a line above the series of trays E and above the walkways I, which walkways extend the entire length of the building for convenience of the person removing and replacing the trays.

The top J of the building is provided with a plurality of valves K for regulating the escape of the air through the openings g, said valves being of any suitable and well-known construction.

I have shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings two forms of trays, the tray L being designed for holding fruit, vegetables, and like perishable articles, while the tray Mis specially intended to hold eggs, each egg being IOO held separately, so as to allow the air to freely circulate around them. These trays 'may be arranged in the preserving and storing building in any suitable manner; but it is preferred that the spaces in the building be arranged in the form of stalls or bins, in which a row of these trays may be removably supported; but this is not material to the successful operation of my invention, and any suitable arrangement of trays may be used, as found preferable, and also any suitable construction of tray.

Having now fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by4 Letters Patent, is

A preserving and storing building, air-inlets at or near the bottom thereof, shelves 'l0- cated on a plane above said inlets for supplying with charcoal or other like ingredients, 'suitable grates located over and above the shelves, removable trays for receiving fruit or other product located over and above the grates, a central driveway located between the grates, walkways extending upon each side of the building, removable trays located above the walkways, and aplurality of valves at the top of the building for regulating the escape of the air therefrom, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOI-IN MARION STUKES.

Vitnesses:

BURGEss R. WoRNAoK, RICHARD M. FELTON. 

